Forbes elects Neymar Jr. as the world's highest paid young athlete

Neymar Jr. has been voted by some magazines as the highest paid young athlete in the world. Now it was Forbes magazine's turn to study the 10 best-paid youngsters under 26 in the sport world, putting the FC Barcelona star at the top.

The Top 10 is comprised of professional athletes from basketball, golf, football and american football. Only three football players appear on the list: Paul Pogba, James Rodriguez and Neymar Jr., who came in first, was evaluated in 37 million euros. The Brazilian team's number 10 managed to outperform stars like Jordan Spieth and Kyrie Irving.

Check out the list of the best paid young athletes:

1. Neymar Jr .: €32.55 million

2. Jordan Spieth: €30.35 million

3. Kyrie Irving: €26.3 million

4. Anthony Davis: € 24.7 million

5. Harrison Barnes: €21 million

6. Bradley Beal: € 20.5 million

7. Andre Drummond: €19.45 million

8. James Rodriguez: €19.25 million

9. Paul Pogba: €18.65 million

10. Myles Garret: €18.2 million

Curiously, in the same week that Forbes unveiled the list, Neymar Jr. conquered the mark of being the first Brazilian to have 30 million Twitter followers. Famous for the player's old tweets, his social network page surpassed Kaka (27.3 million) and the singer Ivete Sangalo (15.8 million).

In the world ranking, the athlete still appears back there in 41st. Singer Katy Perry leads as the first person to reach 100 million followers and Justin Bieber is in second with 97 million.